The Chronicle of the Kings of England: From William the Norman to the Death of George III.J. Fairburn, 1821 - 286 Seiten |
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... character ; each page having a double column . Some of the capital letters and principal passages " are touched with red ink , and some have strokes of red ink run across , as if scratched " out . This volume contains the description of ...
... character ; each page having a double column . Some of the capital letters and principal passages " are touched with red ink , and some have strokes of red ink run across , as if scratched " out . This volume contains the description of ...
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... character , partly from art and dissimulation , to establish an unlimited authority . The maxims of his administration were auster and ill calculated for softening the rigours , which , under the most gentle management , are inseparable ...
... character , partly from art and dissimulation , to establish an unlimited authority . The maxims of his administration were auster and ill calculated for softening the rigours , which , under the most gentle management , are inseparable ...
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... character of this prince . He is described as neither religious , nor chaste , nor temperate ; -that he had neither honour , nor conscience , nor faith ; and , what was worse , he was proud of appearing as such . He is accused of ...
... character of this prince . He is described as neither religious , nor chaste , nor temperate ; -that he had neither honour , nor conscience , nor faith ; and , what was worse , he was proud of appearing as such . He is accused of ...
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... character of William , who made the romantic chivalry of the Crusade the object of his perpetual raillery . His brother Robert , Duke of Normandy , however , was a victim to the general contagion , and mortgaged , or rather sold , his ...
... character of William , who made the romantic chivalry of the Crusade the object of his perpetual raillery . His brother Robert , Duke of Normandy , however , was a victim to the general contagion , and mortgaged , or rather sold , his ...
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... character . But though we may suspect in general that their account of his vices is somewhat exaggerated , his history affords sufficient reason for not attributing to him any very estimable qualities . He seems to have been a violent ...
... character . But though we may suspect in general that their account of his vices is somewhat exaggerated , his history affords sufficient reason for not attributing to him any very estimable qualities . He seems to have been a violent ...
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Seite 90 - O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Seite 104 - Proud prelate, I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement: but I would have you know, that I, who made you what you are, can unmake you; and if you do not forthwith fulfil your engagement, by God I will immediately unfrock you. Yours, as you demean yourself, Elizabeth.
Seite 133 - What shall we do with this bauble? Here, take it away. It is you," said he, addressing himself to the house, "that have forced me upon this. I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me upon this work.
Seite 126 - There is, sir, but one stage more, which, though turbulent and troublesome, is yet a very short one. Consider, it will soon carry you a great way ; it will carry you from earth to heaven ; and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.
Seite 254 - ... nature has not made us suitable to each other. Tranquil and comfortable society is, however, in our power ; let our intercourse, therefore, be restricted to that, and I will distinctly subscribe to the condition which you required through lady Cholmondeley, that even in the event...
Seite 133 - You are no longer a Parliament. I tell you, you are no longer a Parliament. The Lord has done with you. He has chosen other instruments for carrying on his work." Sir Harry Vane exclaiming against this proceeding, he cried with a loud voice, "0 Sir Harry Vane ! Sir Harry Vane ! The Lord deliver me from Sir Harry Vane ! " Taking hold of Martin by the cloak, " Thou art a whorem aster,
Seite 254 - The letter which you announce to me as the last, obliges me to communicate to the King, as to my Sovereign, and my Father, both your avowal and my answer. You will find enclosed the copy of my letter to the King.
Seite 234 - One there was, though of another species, the noblest figure I ever saw, the high constable of Scotland, Lord Errol ; as one saw him in a space capable of containing him, one admired him. At the wedding, dressed in tissue, he looked like one of the giants in Guildhall new gilt. It added to the energy of his person, that one considered him acting so considerable a part in that very Hall where so few years ago one saw his father, Lord Kilmarnock, condemned to the block.
Seite 195 - This rumour, diffused by his emissaries, acted like a contagion. In five days the directors opened their books for a subscription of one million, at the rate of three hundred pounds for every hundred pounds capital.
Seite 238 - We shall be forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts: they must be repealed— you will repeal them; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them; I stake my reputation on it: I will consent to be taken for an idiot if they are not finally repealed.